Improvement in fluting and smoothing irons



H. E. CROCKER & G. C. EARNSWORTH.

FLUTING ANDSMOOIHING IRONS No. 188,598. Patented March 20,1877.

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" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE E. OROOKER AND GEORGE G. FARNSWORTH, OF BUFFALO, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLUTING AND SMOOTHING IRONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,598, dated March20, 1877; application filed February 15, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HORACE E. OaooKER and GEORGE G. FARN'SWORTH, bothof the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Flutiug andPolishing Irons, which improvements are fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation in section, taken on line Z Z, Fig. 2, the lower parts only ofthe handle being in section. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view. Fig. 3 isatransverse section through line X X, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 represents aside elevation of the adjustable and removable fluting device separatefrom the sad or polishing iron.

The object of this invention is to produce a reversible self-heating sadiron, capable of being easily changed from a smoothing to a flutingiron, andvice versa; and it consists in the combination of a reversibleself heating sadiron, a guard for protecting the hand from the heat ofthe iron, a non-conducting wall or par-.

tit-ion for protecting the lamp from heat, and

' an adjustable and remowtble fiuting device,

as will be more clearly hereinafter described by reference to thedrawings, in which A B represent the two faces of the iron, betweenwhich is the hollow space 0, into which the burner 0 extends from analcohol or other lamp, E, attaclfed to the back of the iron for heatingit, the object being to avoid the labor and delay of heating it by thestove, and the necessity of hot fires in warm weather. The pivot F atthe back of the iron is made hollow, so as to allow the burner to enterthe chamber. It forms a part of the standard G of the handle H. 4 V

The lamp is attached to the iron, in the ordinary mauner, by means ofthe studs I and'the slotted plate J. It also has a latch, K, whichswings over and catches into a hole in the hand when in contact with it.

standard, after the studs are adjusted in the slots, to prevent the lampfrom becoming detached. The pivot L is attached to the iron, and thehandle M turns on it. It also has a locking-lever, N, pivoted in theslot at the lower end, so as to be held firmly, when required, by meansof the slot 0 in the standard and the spring catch P. It swings on thepivot L, so as to lock the handle over either face. E represents aspace, into which the non-conducting material E is placed, such asplaster or its equivalent.

In order to carry the burner of the lamp into the hollow space (3 lowenough down without allowing the burning fluid to feed too fast, thewick-tube O is arranged (in the usual manner) so that the wick S entersit at the top, and passes down low enough, as shown.

B represents the guard for protecting the hand from the heat of theiron. If required, it may be covered on the under side as well as on theupper side witl1 cloth, paper, or other equivalent non-conductingmaterial, R R the object being to prevent the burning of the Trepresents the removable and adjustable tinting device. It is fastenedto the iron by means of the setscrew T and projecting catch T (shown inFigs. 3 and 4,) by which it may be readily disengaged or co nnected.

When used as a tinting-iron, the handle H is turned over to one side, asshown in Fig. 3.

We claim as our invention- In a fluting and polishing iron, thecombination therewith of the guard it, non-cond uctor E and adjustableand removable fluting device T, all arranged substantially as and forthe purposes specified.

HORACE E. GROOKER. GEORGE G. FARNSWORTH. Witnesses:

AMOS W. SANGSTER, H. SANGSTER.

